Game apparatus.



PATBNTBD MAR'. s, 1904.

G. W. WING. GAME APPARATUS. APrLIoATIoN rrLnn AUG. 27, 190s.

N0 MODEL.

r U Jllfomesys UNITED STATES Patented March 8, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

GAME APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part ofLetters Patent No. 753,949, dated March 8, 1904.

applicati@ sied August 27, 1903.

T0 all whmn 7722 mmty concern:

Be it known that I, OENTENNIAL WYVILLE WING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bayard, in the county of Duval and State of Florida, have invented a new and useful Game Apparatus, of which the following is a specication; Y

This invention relates to game apparatus; and the object thereof is to provide suitable apparatus for playing a game based upon the proeedure followed in electing a President of the United States and adapted by the manner of playing the same to impress upon the minds of the players the relative locations of the several States of the union and the nature of their boundaries.

The apparatus comprises a board bearing on the surface thereof amap of the United States, a pack ofl game-cards bearing suitable legends, and a plurality of pins or other devices for indicating upon the board the cards that have been retired.

In describing the invention reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, in which are exhibited the various parts of the apparatus.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of the board upon which the progress of the game is indicated by pegs. Fig. 2 is a view of a card of the type used in the game. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the pegs, and Fig.4is a detail View showing the way in which the eyelets reinforcing the edges of the holes in the board are secured in position.

Referring now to the drawings,in which corresponding parts are designated by the same characters of reference, l designates the garneboard formed, preferably, in sections 2 and bearing on the surface thereof a map of the United States, as shown. Each of the States indicated in the map hasimprinted thereon a number corresponding to number of electoral Votes to which that State is entitled in the election of a President of the United States, andl in each State,as indicated on the map, there is provided a small opening 4, preferably formed by securing a small metallic eyelet in the board. The openings 4 are of suitable size to receive small pins 5, which are preferably made ofl Serial No. 171,015. (No model.)

wood and are suppliedinsuicilent number to` fill all of the openings shown on the map.

The pack of cards used in the game is comv posed of fifty cards, each one of which represents a State lor Territory of the United States and bears upon the front surface thereof the name of the State represented by the card and the number of votes for Presidentof the United i' however, that the name of the State and the.

number of its electoral votes may be placed uponl the card in any other preferred manner.

The object of the'game is to secure cards representing States entitled toa larger number of4 electoral votes than those represented by the cards of any other player, and the player who succeeds in securing the cards represen tative of thelargest number of electoral votes is declared to have won the game and to be elected president of the game.

In playing the game the boar `bearing the chart of the United States will be placed in the middleof a table, with the pins orpegs 5 at one side thereof. Then the cards will be dealt, four to each player, the remainder of the pack being' placed upon the table with the face downward. The deal havingbeen completed, s

the first player will begin the game by calling upon any of the other players for a card representing a Stateadjoining a State represented by one of the lcards in his own hand. If the player calledupon has the card demanded, he must surrender it, and the first player will then have another opportunity of calling, and as long as he is successful in obtaining the cards called for the first player will continue to play., If when a player is called upon for a card he finds that the card is not in his hand, the player making the demand will then draw the top card from the pack on the table, and if the card so drawn proves to be the card wanted the play will be counted successful and the player will be entitled to another call just as if the card drawn from the top of the datV senting four adjoining States or 'Territories and constituting what is called in the game a section may be obtained. When a player obtains cards forming a section; the cards forming the section will be laidaside and the States and Territories represented by the cards will be indicated upon the chart by placing pegs in the holes 1provided therefor in the States, as shown on the chart. v The pegs serve to indicate to all the players what cards have been taken out of the game and will prevent mis-`- takes inaskingfor cards. If at any time duri ing the game a section is formed by one of the ing States so divided off cannot be formed,`

players insueh way that it leaves less thanfour States so divided off and separated from the other States that a section of four embracthecards representing the States thus divided o will be saidjto make a small'seetionj and the cards may be retired as a section 1by, the player obtaining them. If at any time the hand of afplayer becomes empty, either from surrendering the last heardy therein to aide-* mander or from laying down the cards forminga section, the top card of the pack is considered to become a part of the players hand at theinstant that it becomes empty. When a players hand is empty and there are no cards left in the pack to drawfrom, he will stop playing. The game is finished as soon as the cards are all gone from the pack and there are only two players left with cards in their hands. These cards are then retired by their holders and eachy player adds together the number on the cards retired byhim ,during the game. The player who finds that the total obtained from the cards retired by him during the game is largest isv declared the president of the game and will be the leader of the next game, with the players following in orderof the totals obtained by adding the numbers on the cards obtained byl them. VAs Territories have no electoral votes, the cards representing themwill not ladd anything :to the score 4of the playerobtaining them, but

soas to have a card in his hand, he will not be entitled to make a call upon any other player based upon that card untilhis next turn to play.

Having thus described the nature and manner of using my invention, what I claim as new,

` and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A game apparatus comprising aboard having on the surface thereof a chart onmap of the United States, each State shown on the map having marked thereon the number of electoralvotes orPresident towhich that State is entitled, a pack ot' cards comprising one for each State and Territory, each ca rd bearing on its surface the ,name ot' the State or Territory represented and theA number of its electoral votes, and a set'of Ymarkers comprising a marker foreach State to I show on* the mapthe 4States representedby eardsfthati have been retiredfrom the game.-

V2. `Argame,apparatusL comprising aboard. having on the suriace thereot a map or chart of theUnited States, each State and. Territory having marked i thereonthe vnumber of electoral votes for Iresidentto which it is entitled and being 4provided'with a single aperture for theV reception of a marking-pin, a packgot` cards comprising a card for each State and Territory, each card bearing the'name ofthe State or Territory represented and the number of electoral, yotes to which, said State or Territory is entitled, and aplurality of marking lpins or vpegs adapted forr insertion into the openingsprovided in the, board to show on the map the States represented by the cards that havebeen retired from the game during the play. i

In testimony that I elaimrthe 4foregoing as my own I vhave hereto aftixedmy slgnature 1n the presence two witnesses.

' -CENTENNIL WYVILLE`WI'NGL` VVitnesse's: l i i 'Y i .i

.I J, MCDANIEL, El). PAon'rTI.

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